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SFPD Dreaming About How They Will Spend All The Overtime They Are Milking from the City
This is a picture of SFPD officers lounging after they had arrested 5 people during last Saturday's breakaway march. They went a bit overboard on police presence on Saturday and have continued to do so the rest of this last week, which is nice for them when they get their next paychecks, but means a lot of money being sucked from the city budget....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 1:13pm PDT
Justice for Rudy
Learn about what is currently going on in San Jose with the Rudy Cardenas case by hearing from the members of Rudy's family....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 11:15am PDT
Pictures Of Arrests And Police At Morning June 8th RTC Protests
More pictures of arrests and police actions...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:13pm PDT
Pictures From June 7th Guadalajara Solidarity Protest
Slightly over 100 people left the RTC convergence space a little after 4PM on June 8th. The march went up past the Moscone center to the Mexican consulate. Several hundred police in 3 city busses and on motorcycles followed the march and took pictures of individual activists who were marching or speaking....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 5:54pm PDT
Flag on her Butt
Flag sticker on the butt of an SFPD officer's gun....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 3:40am PDT
Kevin Cooper's Execution Delayed For DNA Testing
Death-Row Inmate's Execution Delayed For DNA Testing
Man Claims Previous Tests Tainted, Incomplete...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 12:38am PDT
80 Cops Watching 40 non-violent demonstrators is no joke; it is a tragic waste of money
The money wasted this morning on the unnecessary heavy police presence could have been spent on programs for the homeless, abused women shelters, senior services etc, etc, etc. The police must not be allowed to use demonstrations as a padding for overtime....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 4:42pm PDT
Direct Lobbying by CEPS(6/02/04) - Cut sack lunches for prisoners, save peanuts...
“Numerous polls – including a June 2003 poll by the Public Policy Institute – show that likely California voters favor cuts to prison spending over any other area of state spending,” Rose Braz added. “But real change and real savings will not come from denying prisoners a peanut-butter sandwich.”...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 5:13am PDT
Van Jones from the Ella Baker Center (audio/mpeg 5.9MB)
Van Jones speaks about the importance of solidarity and the interconnectedness of struggles, from Bagdhad to Oakland. 10 minutes...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 12:14am PDT
6/5 at 7:30 Remember Cammerin Boyd
What?
Candle Light Vigil For Cammerin Boyd
Where?
600 block of Larchway, San Francisco, CA
(Between Buchanan & Laguna Streets, one block from Eddy)
When?
Saturday, June 5th
at 7:30 p.m....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 11:35pm PDT
Stop Police and Prison Brutality from Iraq to Oakland!
Carijama Fest Attacked by OPD - Stop Police and Prison Brutality from Iraq to Oakland!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:26pm PDT
Alameda County DA tramples First Amendment to silence critics
Second installment of fIrst person account of DA Tom Orloff using spurious prosecutions to cover up ethics scandal...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 9:18am PDT
Photos from Families for Books Not Bars Lobby Day - May 20: Close CYA Prisons!
Families for Books Not Bars lobbied legislators on May 20th about closing the CYA and the problems that there family members(their kids)have encountered in CYA.
For more info about upcoming actions and events see:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/06/1682801.php...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 3:23am PDT
Anti-Calif. Youth Authority Campaign Update
June is here, and we're starting the summer off right. We've done a lot of good work
so far — but there's a lot more work to do....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 5:59pm PDT
Coalition to Deliver "Sack Lunches" to Governor, Legislators
“Numerous polls – including a June 2003 poll by the Public Policy Institute – show that likely California voters favor cuts to prison spending over any other area of state spending, but real change and real savings will not come from denying prisoners a peanut-butter sandwich.”...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 12:48pm PDT
The Golden Years of Activists Snatched Away
Elderly Activists target by police and state policies...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 10:54am PDT
Oakland Police terrorize babies
Oakland police shoot tear gas into crowded Wendys, babies hurt...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 10:05pm PDT
June 1st panel on fascism
A discussion will be held at the Center for Political Education on fascism......
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:36am PDT
Misadventures of an Accidental Psychiatric Tourist
...brandishing military hardware in someone’s home, and in response to a reported psychiatric crisis, boggles the imagination....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 9:05am PDT